WORLD-RENOWNED ENERGY AND CLIMATE EXPERTS

• Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute
• Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Chevron (Retired)
• Participated in 1997 Presidential Panel on Federal Energy Research and Development, the National Research Council.
• Participated in the 2007 study “Facing the Truth” by the National Petroleum Council for the Secretary of Energy.
• PhD, MS and BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Responsible for the longer term fundamental analysis of global energy commodities and their markets for Merrill Lynch’s global commodity trading platform, and has more than 25 years experience in energy analysis, marketing, trading, production, drilling and other aspects of the energy business
• Previously worked for Brown & Root, Chevron, Columbia Gas, and most recently American Electric Power
• Led the natural gas task force for Edison Electric Institute for several years and testified before FERC and the U.S. Senate Energy Sub-Committee on natural gas and power related matters
• Was the Power Generation Lead on the National Petroleum Council 2003 Natural Gas Study in addition to serving on the Coordinating Sub-Committee and other sub-groups of that study

• Advisor to Global Energy Industry including Hart Energy Consulting
• 31 years with Chevron including:
President of Global Manufacturing for Chevron Corporation(2006 - 2009).
CEO and Managing Director of CALTEX Australia (2002 - 2006)
Board Director of Reliance Petroleum Ltd
President of Chevron Pipe Line Co
• MBA from St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California in 1979
• MSc in chemical engineering from University of Washington in 1970
• BSc in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur in 1969

Liz Bossley is the author of ‘Climate Change and Emissions trading: What Every Business Needs to Know’(click here), and is a recognised expert in the emissions trading industry. She is a member of the UK treasury’s carbon market expert group and an adviser to the City of London. She is a member of the advisory board of the Australian Carbon Action Group. In addition to this book she has written “Emissions Trading and the City of London” and the policy document “UK Emissions Policy Options” for the City of London. She is a regular speaker on international platforms in the U.K, Europe, Africa, the U.S.A, the Far East and Australia. She has thirty year’s industry experience and is the CEO of the Consilience Energy Advisory Group Ltd.

Kate leads the businesses efforts with respect to defining the ecomagination product portfolio, developing strategic customer relationships and large energy and conservation demonstration projects. She represents the environmental interests of the business with respect to national and international government affairs, global research efforts, new technology commercialization, internal greenhouse gas reduction programs and the impact and implication of carbon regulation on the growth of the business. Kate holds a Bachelors degree in Finance and Economics and a Masters in Environmental Management and Policy. She has more than 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, communications and strategic planning.

Elected to the Public Service Commission in November 2000, re-elected in 2006. Clark holds the PSC portfolio on electric generation and transmission. As such, he is active in state and regional efforts to develop North Dakota’s vast energy exporting potential and provide affordable, reliable energy to consumers. Since joining the Commission, Clark has overseen regulatory proceedings that have facilitated hundreds of millions of dollars in new investment in North Dakota through expanded wind, coal and petroleum infrastructure.

He is the 2nd Vice President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and is the immediate past Chairman of the Telecommunications Committee of NARUC. He has testified multiple times before committees of both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives on matters related to telecommunications and energy.

• Andrew Clyde is the Managing Partner of the Dallas office and leads the Oil & Gas Team in North America
• He has over 16 years experience at Booz & Company where he has led multiple engagements on integrated refining, supply and trading, logistics and marketing strategies as the North American and Global markets have evolved over the past decade from changes in supply/demand balances, carbon and clean fuels regulations, mergers and acquisitions, portfolio shifts, and global refining capacity expansion. He has developed and led client leadership teams through scenario-based exploration of possible shifts and financial implications under different strategic alternatives
• Co-Author and contributor to The Golden Age of Refining? series
• Received a BBA in accounting from Southern Methodist University and MBA in management from the Kellogg School of    Management at Northwestern University

• Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Environmental Policy, of Constellation Energy Group
• Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality 2001 – Feb 2009
• Former Partner of Sidley Austin Law practice
• Yale University and Northwestern University School of Law

• Directs Hart's Global Energy Policy & Sustainability Services
• manages Hart's European and African business
• advisor to Members of the European Parliament, with the European Commission in the area of sustainable development, environmental management systems, fuel quality, chemical policy and responsible care.
• M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Brussels and a B.A. in International Relations and French, from the University California at Davis.
• Certified trainer in the area of fuel quality and environmental management system

Ronald T. (Tracy) Evans is president and chief operating officer of Denbury Resources Inc., a long-time oil producer that uses CO2 in enhanced oil-recovery operations. He is a registered professional engineer and joined the company in 1999, and was senior vice president, reservoir engineering, until becoming president and COO in June 2009. Before joining Denbury, he was with Matador Petroleum Corp. and Enserch Exploration Inc. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and his MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1995. Evans is a Denbury director and is also on the board of Genesis Energy LP.

• Focus on strategic advice – growth strategy, acquisitions, scenario planning - to participants and investors in the energy, utilities and infrastructure sectors, with emphasis on renewable energy and climate change. Experience with numerous aspects of intersection of strategy and corporate finance, including: Project evaluation, financial structure modeling, valuation, acquisition screening and due diligence.
• Extensive contacts with senior executives among Independent Power Producers (IPPs), utilities, suppliers, oil & gas, and private equity and hedge fund investors with energy and infrastructure sector focus.
• Recognized as one of Booz’s thought leaders on generation, renewables, climate change, coal, and infrastructure, with multiple publications and media interviews on these topics (quotes on infrastructure, generation sector trends and climate change in Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, etc.).

• Former Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy (2008-2009)
• Former Special Envoy for European Union Affairs (2008-2009)
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels (2006 - 2007).
• Partner in the Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale and Dorr law firm From 1969 to 1981 and 1993 to 2005
• White House Counsel in the administration of President George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
• Served as Legal Counsel to Vice President Bush (1981-1989).
• Key contributer to the 1991 Clean Air Act Amendments, and is widely credited with having triggered the CAA acid rain emissions trading system
• BSc from Harvard University and his Juris Doctor from the Chapel Hill Law School of North Carolina .

• Leads EPRI’s research into technologies and practices that maintain a safe and reliable power plant fleet, develop cleaner and more efficient power generation options for the future, and reduce the environmental impacts of electric power generation, delivery and use.
• Prior to joining EPRI, Hannegan served in a dual capacity as the chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and as a member of the National Economic Council (NEC) staff, where he led the development of the president's Advanced Energy Initiative and coordinated federal agency implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. At CEQ, he also coordinated federal agency policies and activities on a wide range of environmental issues affecting air, water, land, and ecosystems.
• Previously served as staff scientist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with a focus on energy efficiency, renewables, clean air and climate change.
• Holds a Ph.D. in earth systems science and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, both from the University of California at Irvine, as well as a bachelor’s degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma.

• Director of Environmental Affairs, Southern Company since 2002, responsible for the direction and management of federal environmental issues for Southern Company
• Represents Southern Company before Federal Congressional and Executive Branch policymakers, and has also represented the company before international policy making bodies including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
• Serves as 2008-2009 Chair of the Environmental Executive Advisory Committee for the Edison Electric Institute
• BA in political science and MBA in public administration from the University of West Florida

• Has 35 years of experience in various capacities associated with the petroleum refining and related energy industries.
• Previously worked 14 years with the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA), where he served as technical director, responsible for coordination and development of industry policies on refining and fuel quality.
• Also held positions in private sector energy and environmental consulting (the U.S. Department of Energy, Amerada Hess and Texaco) – in all of these capacities he has been involved in analysis of refining and crude oil and refined products markets.
• Primary contributor to Hart's World Refining and Fuels Service and oversees crude and refined product, refining facility, product quality initiatives data and forecast systems supporting the service.
• BA in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

• President, Managing Director, Global Energy Strategies LLC
• US Asst. Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy (DOE) (2007-09)
• Chair, Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) (until 2009)
• Deputy Asst. Secretary for Oil & NG for the National Petroleum Council
• Participant of the study, “Facing the Hard Truths About Energy”
• MBA from Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
• B.S. from Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources

Michael J. Hirl is the Director, Business Development with Kinder Morgan CO2 Company. Mr. Hirl graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in economics. He has spent over 30 years in the oil and gas industry, with broad experience in various functional areas from operations to finance, marketing, international project economics and trading and risk management. His experience covers a broad array of energy issues in both the domestic U.S. and international markets. At Kinder Morgan, Mr. Hirl leads the company’s efforts to develop CCS projects in North America, with special emphasis on general supply and infrastructure for expanded EOR opportunities. He has been active with various DOE regional sequestration partnerships since inception, is on the Board of the North American Carbon Capture and Storage Association, is one of the founding industrial members of the Gulf Coast Carbon Center, and is active with various organizations focused on CCS / EOR policy developments.

Experience in the fuels and refining industry: 10 years. Tammy Klein received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Florida and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, both in the U.S. Formerly deputy director of the International Fuel Quality Center from 1998-2003, Klein practiced administrative and regulatory law with the firm Venable LLP prior to rejoining Hart in 2005. She is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars. Klein directs International Fuel Quality Center efforts in North and South America; she is also the Executive Director of the Global Biofuels Center.

• Vice President of Global Manufacturing Planning & Development and Downstream Technology at Chevron
• Previous positions include vice president of downstream technology, GM-Technology for Global Refining, and managing director of Technology Marketing for Chevron
• Member of the boards of Advanced Refining Technologies, a 50/50 JV between ChevronTexaco and Grace Davison; and Catchlight Energy, a 50/50 JV between Chevron and Weyerhaeuser, to manufacture biofuels
• Has held technical leadership positions in most petroleum refining processes; worked several temporary assignments in Gulf Oil’s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery; and spent five years at Chevron’s El Segundo, California, refinery
• MS and PhD in chemical engineering and an MBA

Mike Leister has a MS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Virginia Tech.  He has worked for Marathon Oil, Marathon Ashland Petroleum, and now Marathon Petroleum Company for 27 years.  Mike has been involved in Refinery modeling, computer automation and process control and supply and maintenance systems.  He has been an IT manager, an Operations Planning Manager and is currently the Manager of Fuels Technology for MPC.  Mike is currently president of the board of the Coordinating Research Council.  He chairs the American Petroleum Institute Fuels Committee, is a member of the API Economics work group, and belongs to the National Petrochemical and Refining Association Fuels Advisory subcommittee.  He is also currently the leader of the API Diesel Issues work group.

• President and CEO of America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA)
• Responsible for establishing and implementing the ANGA's governance structure, public policy priorities and strategic communications initiatives. Lowman More than 20 years of product-sector advocacy experience.
• Before working for ANGA, Lowman served as president of the Abundant Forests Alliance, Inc., president of the American Plastics Council, and executive vice president of the American Chemistry Council.
• Also worked with Combustion Engineering, Inc. (now Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.—ABB) as director of Government Affairs and with Gulf Oil Corporation (now Chevron Oil Corporation) as senior federal relations representative.
• MBA in chemical engineering.

• Director , M.J. Bradley & Associates LLC, a division of Climate Change Capital Limited
• Former Executive Vice President , US External Affairs, National Grid
• Deputy Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta, 1993 – 1995
• Former Chair of Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
• Delegate of the Kyoto Conference on in 1997
• Former Executive VP and Chief Environmental Officer of KeySpan

• Director-General for The Energy and Resources Institute since April 2001
• Chairman of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Active member in numerous international forums related to climate change and policies and has authored 23 books and several articles and papers
• Awarded the “Padma Vibhushan” (India’s second highest civilian award), for his services in the field of science and engineering in January 2008 by the president of India
• MS and PhD

• Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA)
• Participate in Government’s Reference Group responsible for developing a national energy security policy
• Participate in CSIRO’s Energy Transformed Flagship Advisory Committees.
• Chairs the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network
• Chairs CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship Advisory Committee
• Master of Environmental Law from the Australian National University

• Professor, Precourt Institute of Energy Efficiency at Stanford
• Previously director of research for EMBARQ, the World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Transport which he helped found in April 2002, and remains as Embarq Fellow
• Experience also includes six years as a visiting scientist at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris (1995-2001) and staff senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for 20 years
• Recipient of the Royal Medal of HM Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and a small share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Ph.D. in astrophysics and BA in music from the University of California, Berkeley

• Director of Global Energy Policy WWF International
(formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund)
• Head of European Climate and Energy Policy Unit of WWF Europe, 1999-2007
• Head of European Climate and Energy Policy Unit of WWF Germany, 1993 -1999
• Doctorate in Carbon Cycling in Indian Agricultural Soils

Jim Sledzik is a partner in Energy Ventures, a venture-capital investor in new energy technology, and is president of its Houston office. He has 18 years of worldwide oil and gas industry experience with Schlumberger/WesternGeco. He was global marketing and new-technology director and vice president of multi-client services for WesternGeco and a global account director for Schlumberger. He holds a BSc in Geosciences from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in International Business from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh. He is on the boards of portfolio companies ARKeX, a maker of airborne gravity gradiometry technology; Ingrain, which measures reservoir rock properties; and Oxane Materials Inc., a developer of nano-proppant.

Eric Spiegel is a McLean-based Senior Partner who leads Booz & Company’s work for global energy and utilities clients.  He has over 22 years of energy and utility consulting industry experience leading major energy client assignments in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.

A recognized thought leader, Mr. Spiegel has contributed to numerous Booz & Company publications, including the study entitled, "The Roaring Dragon--Unocal Bid Just a Minor Bump in the Road," and the strategy+business article entitled, “CEO Succession 2002: Deliver or Depart.” He is also co-author of the book Energy Shift.

Mr. Spiegel holds an MBA from The Amos Tuck Graduate School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar and a BA with Honors from Harvard University.

• Director/corporate manager of Technical & Regulatory Affairs and Energy & Environmental Research at Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
• Toyota’s U.S. liaison for numerous energy and technology research projects and was also responsible for developing Toyota’s 5-Year North American Environmental Action Plan and annual environmental report.
• Former employee of the American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality.
• Member of the U.S. EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
• BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland.